[Dixielandjazz] Copyright issues

[Chris Calabrese]

> From what I've read and researched,
> chances are, everyone is right -- that tunes written before (about) 70
years
> ago are "public domain" and royalties need not be paid on them. But I
still
> can not find the actual written documentation proving this.

Go to Google.com and search for "Sonny Bono copyright extension" (leave off
the quotes). Basically anything before 1923 is public domain. Anything after
you will have to research on a case-by-case basis. If you don't want to
search, this link basically sums it up:
http://www.public.asu.edu/~dkarjala/publicdomain/SearchC-R.html

~ Chris Calabrese